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I'd say navigating on long road trips is one of them. While my current car has a built-in GPS, my previous one didn't, and so I was somewhat dependent on having
by trothamel 7y ago
I'd say navigating on long road trips is one of them. While my current car has a built-in GPS, my previous one didn't, and so I was somewhat dependent on having a working phone in order to navigate.
Now, only somewhat. I generally know how to get home from where I am, and I figure if my phone were to fail, I could drive until I could find a gas station with a map. (Or perhaps a convenience store to get a charger cable or new phone.)
And of course, this fear (of being phoneless) is just an update of an old one (of being lost). It's really hard to get lost in the modern world of gps and data.
- roywiggins 7y agoYou don't need GPS to navigate, but without one you'll want to own a decent map. Before GPS people just carried paper maps in their cars. It's harder to find paper maps at a gas station now, but if you're preparing for a long road trip, it's not a terrible idea to just bring along a paper map to start with.
- Jach 7y agoThere was also an intermediate period between everyone using paper maps and everyone using GPS. I didn't get my first phone until I was 23, before that for trips I just printed out the google maps directions and some map screenshots of nearby areas to the destination or stops along the way. Usually didn't even need that because the US interstate system is well labeled with road signs. These days I like an online maps navigation just to tell me about upcoming slowdowns or better routes, find the cheapest gas stations, etc.